An NHS worker administers a dose of a Covid-19 vaccine Clinics may be set up in mosques, temples, and churches to encourage more people to take a Covid-19 vaccine. The latest NHS figures show that 51,103 people in West Berkshire had received at least one jab by March 7 – that is more than 40 per cent of the adult population. Berkshire West Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) is now holding discussions with GPs and pharmacists about plans for “targeted” pop-up clinics, as they look to vaccinate as many adults as possible. Katie Summers, operations director at the CCG, said some people do not feel safe at mass vaccination centres, so they are looking to set up clinics at “temples, mosques, churches and community centres”.
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Troops will be on the streets of Kirklees in the coming weeks as mass Covid testing is rolled out. And the borough’s four MPs and political leaders are hopeful that already falling infection rates will tumble still further as a result on community testing. MPs Barry Sheerman, Jason McCartney, Tracy Brabin and Mark Eastwood joined leaders of the five main political groups to respond to Health Secretary Matt Hancock’s announcement that community testing is imminent. The MPs along with Shabir Pandor (Labour), David Hall (Conservative), John Lawson (Lib Dems), Andrew Cooper (Greens) and Charles Greaves (Holme Valley Independents) together make up the Outbreak Control Board (OCB).